Herkimer County, one of the areas hardest hit by repeated flooding in recent days, is expecting hundreds of National Guard troops to roll in with heavy equipment this afternoon to help with the clean up, according to the Herkimer Police Department's Facebook Page.

The department also said that teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be done with their work in the area by Thursday. Once workers from that agency finish their assessment of the damage, President Obama has to sign an emergency declaration for homeowners, businesses and governments to get federal assistance through FEMA.

As more workers come to help clean up, even more flooding is expected, especially in and around the village of Herkimer. That area received another inch of rain Tuesday. The West Canada Creek, which goes from Hinckley to Herkimer, is 3 feet over its banks, causing more flooding downstream in Herkimer, according to information from the National Weather Service.